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"Each Work I Make Tells a Part of Me": Behind the Scenes With Nicolás Sánchez

Brandon Koots — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode of “Behind the Scenes”, where we showcase the work of visionary artists and ask about their experiences beyond what is seen by the public, we are presenting Nicolás Sánchez: a designer from Pehuajo, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Nicolás defines himself as an eccentric person with a strong obsession with symmetry and mathematics applied to the objects and spaces that surround him, which awakens in him the curiosity of wanting to understand everything and to find the reason for things. Through his illustrations and animations, he transmits and shares everything he perceives and feels with playful, surreal, and impossible spaces.

The Art of Visual Communication: 12 Tips for Creating Powerful Mood Boards

Dima Stouhi — Sat, 01 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Design projects rely heavily on visual tools that illustrate the project's features and overall atmosphere, and whether you are an architect, interior designer, furniture designer, or engineer, the term 'mood board' has definitely come up at some point during the early stages of the design process. Generally speaking, images have immense powers of influencing and inspiring their viewers, so putting together a powerful mood board can be a game changer for the architect, the visual artist, and the clients, and can amplify the project's story telling process. So what is a mood board and how can you create one?

Not Experienced with Rendering? 4 Techniques you Can Use Instead

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:30:00 +0000

If there is any word that describes what architectural renders look like nowadays, it would be: impressive. The immense world of rendering has allowed people to engage in virtually-built environments, exploring each space and experiencing what they might hear or feel as they walk by one room to another without being physically present in the project.

Nvard Yerkanian Brings Armenia's Modernist Architecture to Life

Eric Baldwin — Tue, 26 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Armenian graphic designer and illustrator Nvard Yerkanian has created a new series exploring modernist architecture in Armenia. The illustration series aims to reveal the beauty and value of modernism to the public through the power of colors that accentuate the simple yet fantastic forms of these monuments. The series is an ode to the architectural heritage that has been lost and undervalued.

Flores & Prats: "We Draw with the Responsibility to Build"

Fabian Dejtiar — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000

When we approached the Flores & Prats firm, we wanted to focus on their precise drawing just as much as their detailed mock-ups. We wanted to see a project that not only "values the time invested and accumulated in it but also sees said time as a virtue and not a defect;" an indication of paying attention to the process as well as the unexpected. (In this sense, it reminds me of reading about how to draw a forest, among other things, in "Las tardes de dibujo en el estudio Miralles & Pinós").

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Helps Visualize Design Concepts

Megan Schires — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Drawing as an architectural tool serves not only as a means of communication, but through drawing we can also gain a deeper understanding of the subject. To this purpose, Alessandro Luporino has created the Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture. The series of beautiful and evocative illustrations serve as companions for the book “Dictionary of Architecture,” by Nikolaus Pevsner, John Fleming, and Hugh Honor.

Federico Babina's "Planimal" Reimagines Architectural Plans as Animals

Niall Patrick Walsh — Fri, 03 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Italian artist Federico Babina has published the latest in his impressive portfolio of architectural illustrations. “Planimal” seeks to convey the close link between architecture and the natural world, translating animals into architectural plans. Through his set of drawings, Babina reimagines the architectural spaces as “narrative subjects that host us and lead us into a fantastic labyrinth of a dreamlike reality, architectures imagined as allusively zoomorphic sculptures.”

Architecture Transcends Time in New Architectural Illustrations by Xinran Ma

Dima Stouhi — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:00:00 +0000

As imaginative and hypothetical as their work may seem to some people, many visionaries have created admirable artwork that look beyond the ordinary and rethink architecture and urban spaces. Xinran Ma, the New York-based architectural designer and illustrator has visualized his architectural fantasies, and created numerous series of drawings, two of which were entries for Fairy Tales 2016 and 2017 by Blank Space."

Federico Babina's ARCHITALE Brings Fairytales To Life

Sabrina Santos — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Imaginative Italian illustrator and architect Federico Babina has unveiled his latest series, ARCHITALE, “a tribute to the fairytale universe where the architectures are reinvented to accommodate the protagonists of the story.”